Power-transmitting mechanism



April 9, 1929. w. scHRoDER POWER TRANSMTTTING MECHANISM Filed Dec. '7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet April 9, 1929. w. scHRoDr-:R

POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM Filed Deo. '7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet Patenadnpr. 9,. v1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

WILLIAM SCHROIJER, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEBASTIAN LATHE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. i

POWER-TBANSMITTING MECHANISM.

Application tiled December 7i 1927. n Serial No. 238,416.

My invention relates to improvements in driving apparatus.A One of its objectsI is to provide improved apparatus by means of which an electrical motor or other driving member is adapted to be,adjustably mounted 'relative to the base 0r frame -of a. tool to be driven thereby. Another'objcct is to provide :improved apparatus adapted to be adjusted as required to tighten a driving belt between the motor or drivingnnember and a driven shaft on the tool. Another object is to provide improved means adapted to level or align the motor and driving shaft with the driven shaft. Another object is to provide improved means to align the motor shaft with the driven shaft and to provide for adjusting the motor and driving shaft without disturbing suchl alignment. My invention also comprises certain details of form and arrangement and. combination of components", all of which will ybe fully set forth inf the description of the accompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. ,1 is an end view of a tool and driving motor embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the tool and the motor shown in Fig. 1, the base of the tool being shown in central vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View of the motor supporting table and its supporting and adjusting mechanism detached.v

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the. ad-y justing lever mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the adjusting cams detached.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another ad justing cam detached.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the motor supporting table, detached.

Fig. 8 is a detail of clamping means employed vto clamp the motor supporting and adjusting apparatus to its adjusted positions.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents the base or supporting frame of a tool, a lathe foi-instance, to be driven by an electrical or other motor. Lathe ways 10 are shown mounted upon the base 15.l Yand a lathe headstock 17 is shown mounted upon one end of the ways-16. The headstoek is provided With journal bearings in which a lathe spindle 18 is journaled. A driven shaft 19 and an intermediate shaft 20 are also `jou1 "11aled to theheadstock and-provided with any desired arrangement of change gears 21, whereby the lathe spindle ma be driven from the shaft 19 at varyin'cr speed7 ratios. A belt pulley 22 is mounted upon the shaft 19 in alignment with a beltpulley 24 which is mounted upon the shaft 25 of an electrical motor 26.

In order to properly transmit power by tom of said chamber and in the front and rear walls of said chamber are provided journal bearings for two shafts 27 and 28.`

Mounted rigidly upon the shaft 27 within the housing chamber are two counterpart or right hand and left hand cams 30 and 31 facing each other and each provided with an ec? centrically arranged cam recess 32. The shaft 28 has rigidly mounted thereon a cam 33 having an eccentrically arranged peripheral cam face 34. .The ends of the shafts 27 and 28 extend outside of the rear face of the housing chamber a sufficient distance to have forked crank arms 36 and 37 attached rigidly thereto by means of tapered pins 38 which insure correct assembly and prevent subsequent displacement.l The crank arm 36 lvided in the base member, and near the botis also provided with an Vactuating lever 39 by means of which the shaft 27 may be rocked manually through a fraction of a revolution thereof. A link 40 is pivotally attached at one end to the free end of the crank arm 36, and at lits opposite end is pivotally attached tothe free-end of the crank arm 37,`thereby connecting thc shafts 27 and 28 together so that they may be correspondingly rocked together through the actuation of the lever 39.

A clamping memljer 41 is mounted in a recess 42 in the boss or; journal box 43 forming part of the hase member 15 and is engaged by a clamping bolt 44 threaded into the perforashafts 27 and 28 from rotating after they have been adjusted to the desired position, unt-il a further adjust-ment of said shafts 27 and 28 is required to further tighten or tension the belt. I have illustrated a flexible belt 46 as a preferable means to drive the shaft 19 from the motor shaft 25, but a train of gears or sprocket chain may be elnployed if desired.

A motor plate or table is mounted at one end upon and above the shaft 27 by means of studs 5l and 52 which enter and travel along the cam recesses 32 as the shaft 27 is rocked. 'Ihe table 5t) is also retained in position above and relative to the shaft 27 by means of downwardly directed forked projections 53 and 54. 'lhe parallel vertical walls of the slot in said projections 53 and 54 are spaced apart a distance equal to the diameter of the shaft 27, and hence retain the table 50 in place against movement endwise or transversely -of said table, but permit said table to move verticallya'elative to the shaft 27, due to the relative movement of the 'shaft 27 in a vertical direction in the slots of projections 53 and 54 and movement of studs 51 and 52 in the eccentric cam grooves 32 when the shalt 27 is rocked. At the oppositeend the table 50 is provided with a set screw 55 tapped through the end of table 50 and with its lower `end in position to ride upon the face ofthe caln A lock nut 56 serves to lock the set screw 55 to its adjusted position relative to the table, 50. A level 57 is placed upon the top of the table 5t) and the screw 55 adjusted until the top l'ace of table 5t) stands level or in alignment with the shaft 19, after which the nut 5G is tightened and the motor bolted to the top 'lace otE table 50. The tension ol the belt always tends to hold the bolt 55 in contact with the face 34 of the cam, and henceV level. ll'hen the shafts 27 and 2S are rocked in unison the table 5t) moves vertically, and its top face retains a level horizontal position.

In order to install the motor relative to the base, no planing' or other expensive or ditlicult machine work is required, all that is necessa ry is to bore and tit the journal boxes for the shafts 27 and 28. By securing the crank arms lt and 37 and cams 30,31 and ll to the shafts 27 and 2S, these parts once assembled are positively held to one relative position, and are not liable to become displaced. 1n order to place the belt 4G in position the table 50, moto 26 and motor shat't 25 are elevated by rock/i/rig the level' 39, Fig. 4, to its extreme right hand position. The belt is then placed upon the pulleys 22 and 24, and the lever 89 rocked toward its left hand position which serves to lower the motor table 50, motor 2G and shaft 25 until sutlicient tension is placed upon the belt 4G, after which the clamping bolt 43 is tightened to lock the shafts 27 and 28 rigidly to the base member 15 until further tightening of the belt. is required. Other from-the spirit of my invention.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a drivenspindle, a drivingl spindle, means to drive said driving spindle, a supporting' member upon which said driving spindle is journaled, means to guidefsaid supportingl member to and from said driven spindie, reciprocating means to adjustone end ot said supporting member toward or from said driven'spiiullc, reciprocating means to adjust the opposite end ot said supporting member toward or from said driven spindle, connecting means operatively connecting said respective reciprocating means to cause them to reciprocate in unison to simultaneously adjust. opposite ends o'lE said supporting member toward or l'rom said driven spindle. and means to variably adjust one end ot said supporting member relative to the opposite end thereof to align said driving spindle with said driven spindle.

2. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving spindle, means to drive said driving spindle, a supporting member to which said driving spindle is journaled, means to guide said support ing member to and from said driven spindle, reciprocatingi means operable to adjust one end of said supporting member toward 0r .from said driven spindle independently of the opposite end, reciprocating means operable to adjust the opposite end of said supporting member toward or from said driven spindle, and connecting means operable to reciprocate said respective reciprocatingr means in unison to simultaneously adjust both ends ot said supporting member toward or from said driven spindle.

3. A power transn'iitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving spindle, means to drive said driving spindle, a sul porting member to which said driving spindle is journaled, a first rock shaft journaled in lixed bearings and located at one end of said supporting member, forked projections carried by said supporting member engaging opposite sides of said first rock shaft to guide said supporting member in its movements toward and from said driven spindle, cams upon said lirst rock shaft to engage opposite sides of one end of said supporting member to adjust one end of' said .supporting member toward and from said driven spindle, a sccond rock shaft parallel to said first rock shatt'. and located near the opposite end ot' said supporting member', a cam carried bv said second rock shaft to engage and adjust the opposite end of said supporting member tit) toward and from said driven spindle, and connecting means connecting said second rock shaft to .said first rock shaft to cause both ends ot' said supporting member to move simultaneously toward or from said driven spindle.

4. A power transmitting mechanism comj'nising a driven spindle, a driving spindle,

means to drive said driving spindle, a supporting member to which said driving spindle is journaled,.a first rock shaft journaled in fixed bearings and located at one end of said supporting member, forked projections earried by said supporting member engaging opposite sides of 'said first rock shaft to guide said supporting member in its movements toward and from said driven spindle, cams upon said first rock shaft to engage opposite sides of one end of said supporting member to adjust one end of said supporting member toward and from said driven spindle, a second rock shaft parallel to said first rock shaft and -located near the opposite end of said supporting member, a cam carried by said second rock shaft to engage and 'adjust the opposite end of said supporting -member toward and from said driven spindle, and connecting means connecting said second rock shaft to said first rock shaft to cause both ends of said supportingr member to move simultaneously toward or from said driven spindle, and means to adjust said drivingspindle relative to said rock shafts into alignment with said driven spindle.

5. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving spindle, a motor to drive said driving' spindle, a supporting member upon which said motor and driving spindle are mounted, a first rock shaft journaled in fixed bearings and located at one end of said supporting member, forked projections carried by said supporting member engaging opposite sides of said first rock shaft to guide said supporting member in its movements toward and frolln said drivelli spindle, cams upon said first rock shaft to engage opposite sides of one end of said supporting member to adjust one end of said supporting member toward aud from said driven spindle, a second rock shaft parallel to said first. rock shaft and located near the opposite end of said supporting member, a cam carried by said second rock shaft to engage and adjust the opposite end of said supporting member toward and from said driven spindleconnecting.means operatively connecting" said second rock shaft to said first rock shaft to cause both ends of said supporting member to move simultaneously toward or from said driven spindle.

6. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving spindle, a motor to drive said driving spindle, a supporting member upon which said motor and driving spindle are mounted, a first rock shaft opposite end of said supporting member, a

cam carried by said second rock shaft to engage and adjustthe opposite end of said supporting member toward and'from said driven spindle, connecting means operatively A connecting said second rock shaft to said first rock-shaft to cause both ends of said supporting member to move simultaneously toward or from said driven spindle, and means ad-Y justable relative to said rock shafts to align said motor and driving spindle relative to said driven spindle.

7. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle having a driven member, a driving spindle having a driving member, a driving spindle supporting member mounted by meansv of guides to move to and from said driven spindle, a first rock shaft journaled in fixed bearings transversely to said driving spindle and located near one end of said supporting member, a second rock shaft journaled in fixed bearings transversely to said driving spindle and located near the opposite end of said supporting member, a pair of cams mounted rigidly upon said first rock shaft and engaging opposite sides of one end of said supporting member to elevate and lower one end of said supporting member, a cam mounted rigidly upon said second rock shaft and adapted to engage and elevate and lower the opposite end of said supporting member, and connecting means from one of said rock shafts to the other rock shaft to cause said rock shafts to rock in unison.

8. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving`spindle, means to drive said driving spindle, a supporting member to which said driving spindle is journalcd, means to guide said supporting member to and from said driven spindle, reciprocating means operable to adjust said supporting member toward or from said driven spindle, means to change the alignment of said driving spindle relative to said driven spindle, and means to lock said reciprocating means to different positions of adjustment.

9. A power transmitting mechanism comprising a driven spindle, a driving spindle, means to drive said driving spindle, a supporting member to which said driving spindle is journaled, a first rock shaft journaled in fixed bearings and located at one end of said supporting 11101111101', calins 11111111 said {i1-:1t rock shntt t1 engage oppositey sides of one entl nl. sz1i1l supporting 111en1her 'i0 zuljnst, one end ot' smid Supporting melnher tow-.1rd :1111l from .Quid driven Spindle` :1 second rock shaft parallel to said first rock shaft und luentetl near the opposite end of sniil supportingc 111e111l1e1', 11 0:1111 carried by Suid Second rock shnt't' to engage :1nd adjust; the. opposite end of s11i1l supporting' 111e111he1 toward :1nd from snid driven spindle, guide members t0 guide Suid supporting member relative to said rock shafts to :1111'l from snitl driven spindle, c1111- nearingr lnezlns connecting Suid second rock shaft to Suhl lirst roi-k shaft t0 cause Suid supportilmr lnenlber to move simultaneously :1t opposite ends toward 01' .from Suid driven spindle, 111e11ns to align snid driving spindle relative to said roel( shafts with Suid driven spi111lle .f1111l lnenns tu loeksniil rock shafts to tlitlerent positionb` of adjustment.

In testimony whereof I have uflixed my signature.

VILLIAM SCHRODER. 

